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Ye Olde Pub Quiz
Topic Started: Jul 5 2008, 08:12 PM (394 Views)
Duke Daniel

Ok to be honest it's not really a quiz, but starting on monday (so in 2 days time) I will be putting up a number of riddles from the 1820's - 1830's in this topic. (so the answers might not be modern)

Unfortunatly there are no prizes and some of the riddle's posted might be fairly tricky... if you think you have the answer PM me and I will tally the results until the 'competition' is over.

There are 11 riddles in total and I will post:

1 riddle (a day) on monday - wednesday

and 2 riddles (a day) on thursday - sunday

Again it's just for a bit of a laugh and to test your minds a little bit and everybody is welcome... Have fun with the riddles :P

Duke Daniel Baldwin of Alora
Edited by Daniel, Jul 13 2008, 09:53 AM.
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HRM QueenDeanna of Saorsa
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I'll be watching for the riddles, sounds like fun :)
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Duke Daniel

Ok just a few things to remind you of before we get started.

1. these were riddles from the 1820 - 30's so the answer might not be something modern.

2. Pm your answers to me, I will keep a tally of who gets what right and at the competition end time (see 1st post) will see who's gotten the most right posting the results up here.

3. Have fun :)

OK so let's start with the 1st riddle then


As I was going over London Bridge, I saw something in a hedge.
It had four fingers and one thumb and was neither, fish flesh, fowl nor bone.
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Duke Daniel

Next riddle...



What has feet and legs and nothing else?
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Duke Daniel

I never was, am always to be; none ever saw me nor ever will.
And yet I am the confidence of all, who live and breathe on the terrestrial ball.
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Duke Daniel

I am taken from a mine and shut up in a wooden case, from which I am never released and yet I am used by almost everybody...
What am I?



What has got eyes but never sees?
What has got a tongue but never talks?
What has a soul that can't be saved?
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Duke Daniel

My back and belly is wood and my ribs are lined with leather.
I've a hole in my nose and one in my breast
and am used in the coldest weather.
What am I?




When force or strength cannot get through; I with gentle touch can do;
and many in the street could stand, were I not as a friend at hand.
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Duke Daniel

What shoemaker makes shoes without leather, with all four elements put together?
Fire and water, earth and air; every customer has two pairs.






Use me well and I am everybody's; scrath my back and I am nobody's.
What am I?
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HRM QueenDeanna of Saorsa
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Some of these are hard... how many people have responded, out of curiosity?
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Duke Daniel

(None other than yourself atm :-/ which is why for now i'm gonna remove the deadline for now...)



Last two riddles......






When one does not know what it is, then it is something
but when one knows what it is, then it is nothing.




My first is in apple and also in pear;
My second is in desperate and also in dare
My third is in sparrow and also in lark
My fourth is in cashier and also in clerk
My fifth is in seven and also in ten
My whole is a blessing indeed unto men.
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